more wedding moments

The details are what matter. One can always pose a picture, but much of the magic can be lost. Therefore I love candid images full of emotion. And sometimes one needs to focus in on an intimate detail of a wedding day to capture that other special facet. In this detail taken immediately after the exchanging of the rings one can see the ring on the brides finger as she holds her summer bouquet, while faded just behind are the intertwined hands of the couple who are recognizing they are soon to be husband and wife.

wedding moments

Capturing those special wedding moments are key. I have found that the recessional, that moment just after the bride and groom are announced as husband and wife and introduced to the congregation, is one of the most beautiful and highly emotional moments. The interaction with the bride and groom as they walk down the aisle and see their friends and family can be quite spectacular. But once down the aisle there are a few brief moments when the couple are to themselves for the first time after being married. So by following unobtrusively, one can often capture the decisive wedding moment as the celebration truly starts!

Studio portraits available

Emma Fiorillo's first portrait session, by Robert Castagna

I am now offering studio portraiture! My new studio, located in West Medford on 160 Playstead Road is an excellent venue for portraits. With the high industrial ceilings, large eight foot windows that allow for beautiful ambient light and spacious quarters, indoor portraits are easily done. Portraits of newborns, wedding couples, engagement pictures, book jackets or small groups are all available. Emma Fiorillo posed for my first indoor portrait and she was a natural. To contact Robert for booking a portrait sitting email: info@robertcastagna.com or call 617.833.9271.

Connoisseurship and Photography

Discovering a good article that provides the essential information needed to appreciate and collect quality photographs is as good a find as a long lost vintage print done by the hands of Edward Weston himself.

Such an article was written by Alex Novak: On Connoisseurship and Photography Print Values: A Discussion, published by iPHOTOCENTRAL. Note that the article can be easily printed by clicking on the "printer friendly" link at the upper right of the page.

Alex Novak has 30 years experience in the photography-collecting arena. He is a long-time member of the Daguerreian Society and the American Historical Photographic Society, as well as a member of the Association of International Photography Art Dealers. Novak has been a member of the board of the nonprofit Photo Review, which publishes both the Photo Review and the Photograph Collector, and is currently on the Photo Review’s advisory board. Novak has had photography articles and columns published in several newspapers, the American Photographic Historical Society newsletter, the Photograph Collector and the Daguerreian Society newsletter. He writes and publishes the E-Photo Newsletter, the largest circulation newsletter in the field. Novak is also president and owner of Vintage Works Ltd., a private photography dealer, which sells by appointment and at exhibit shows.

Art in America Magazine

Rolly-Michaux Galleries installation of photography by Robert Castagna

The annual Art in America Guide to artists, galleries and museums for 2007-2008 was recently published. The Guide is a comprehensive alphabetical listing, arranged by state and city, of U.S. museums, galleries, university galleries, nonprofit exhibition spaces, corporate consultants, private dealers, print dealers all cross-indexed by artist name:

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Rolly-Michaux Galleries Ltd.

290 Dartmouth St. 02116

(617) 536-9898

Tue-Fri 11-4, Sat 11-5:30

Dir: Ronald Rolly/Ronald R. Michaux

20th-century master graphics; European paintings, watercolors and drawings; contemporary American and European artists and photographers.

Artists exhibited: Georges Braque, Robert Castagna, Marc Chagall, Sonia Delaunay, Thierry Faure, Marino Marini, Henri Matisse, Joan Miro, Pablo Picasso, Georges Rouault, Robert Sweeney, Constantin Terechkovitch